Fighters with underrated hand speed

Nice mention of Larry, a lot of people talk about his jab and IQ but his lighting fast hands often get overlooked. I don't know if it counts but Mike Tyson probably had top 5 handspeed in the Heavyweight Divison, most focus on his power and defense but his hand speed in combination with his short reach made his punches look like a machine gun.

 

Young Foreman. Watch the combos he landed on Frazier.

 

Riddick Bowe was incredibly skilled.

 

" Monzon was slow, until he needed to be fast " ... @Seamus

 

Emmanuel Rodriguez, Carlos Cuadras, Kosei Tanaka, Saensak Muangsurin, Luis Concepcion, Shin Ono, Tatsuya Fukuhara, Juan Carlos Payano, Oscar Valdez, Joet Gonzalez, Amnat Ruenroeng.,

 

George Foreman

 

Jorge Linares.

 

Haye, Dokes and Sanders should be the convo for fastest hands ever at heavyweight. Usually it’s Ali, Tyson, and Patterson.

I feel like people don’t really talk about how fast Oscar was.

 

Haye and Sanders didn’t throw the 5-6 punch lightning combos like Ali and Tyson did. Not with that kind of consistency

 

They werent as famous.

Sanders could definitely throw those sorts of combos.

 

Maybe Bob Foster. I rarely see him getting mentioned.

 

Most of them, really.
Many years ago I used to spar with a guy that was a solid top 10 guy in his weight class for several years; he ultimately lost in a world title bid. When he fought on network television, nobody ever said he had fast hands but, when he was throwing them at you...
A decade ago, I worked with a world rated fighter who ultimately fought for a world title and lost in the attempt. Nobody ever talked about his fast hands but he was fast enough.